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In today’s quick mini-episode, Kim and Jake share 10 evidence-based strategies teachers can use to help ADHD students thrive. These approaches reduce disruptions, boost engagement, and make school more manageable for neurodiverse kids. If you're a teacher, tutor, coach, or parent, this episode gives simple tools grounded in what we now understand about ADHD as a dopamine-regulation condition — not a discipline problem.
🔥 What We Cover
- ADHD is a dopamine-regulation issue — not laziness or defiance.
- Classroom jobs improve focus — movement + responsibility = engagement.
- Short, clear steps reduce overwhelm and support working memory.
- Timers, games & challenges increase on-task behavior and ease time-blindness.
- Movement breaks & quiet fidgets regulate the nervous system and improve learning.
- Giving choices boosts motivation because choice increases dopamine.
- Immediate, specific feedback works best for ADHD brains.
- Strategic seating supports focus without isolating students.
- Visuals and written instructions help information stick.
- Celebrate progress, not perfection to build confidence and connection.
🎯 Why This Matters
Kids with ADHD often want to do well — their brains just work differently. With the right tools, teachers can dramatically improve focus, behavior, confidence, academic performance, and relationships. Small adjustments can unlock potential and reduce classroom stress.
📩 Share This Episode
Know a teacher, para-professional, tutor, or coach who works with ADHD students? Send this their way — these strategies are quick, simple, and research-backed.
📚 References
ADHD, Dopamine & Behavior
• DSM-5 — ADHD as a neurodevelopmental condition involving executive function/dopamine pathways.
• Volkow, N. et al. (2009). ADHD and dopamine dysfunction. JAACAP.
Movement & Focus
• Hartanto, T. et al. (2015). Movement improving cognitive performance in ADHD.
• Sarver, D. et al. (2015). Movement during tasks improving working memory.
Timers, Time Blindness & Engagement
• Dovis, S. et al. (2012–2015). Time-processing and external time aids.
• Frontiers in Psychology (2021). Time-assistive devices for ADHD.
• “Time on Their Side” (2025). Visual timers reducing off-task behavior.
Clear Directions & Working Memory
• Barkley, R. A. (2014). Nonverbal working-memory deficits in ADHD.
Feedback & Reinforcement
• Fabiano, G. et al. (2009). Immediate reinforcement improves compliance.
• CDC: Classroom strategies emphasizing clarity and structure.
Fidgets, Movement Breaks & Sensory Regulation
• OT guidelines supporting quiet fidgets and sensory tools.
Visual Supports
• Research showing multisensory instruction improves retention and reduces off-task behavior.
💌 Have a question or episode idea?
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or DM us on Instagram @themothersonpodcast.
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